rural roads pradhan mantri gram sadak yojana (pmgsy)

RURAL ROADS
Rural connectivity is one of the key factors for the socio-economic development of
the State. One of the major activities of the Rural Development Department is construction
and improvement of rural roads. The Department has been entrusted with the responsibility
of maintaining 27,901 km. of rural roads. Besides, there are 784 major bridges under this
Department.
Major Schemes/programmes under implementation for rural connectivity are:
• PradhanMantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY)
• Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)
• BijuSetuYojana (BSY)
• Constituency-wise Allotment (CWA)
• Finance Commission Award Work (Roads & Buildings)
• Special Repair (Roads & Buildings)
PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA (PMGSY)
As per present relaxed norms PradhanMantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) aims at
providing all weather connectivity to all unconnected habitations having population 250 and
above for IAP districts and population of 500 or more in general area and population of 250
or more in schedule area for non-IAP districts.
Project Identification and Selection
A core network of roads has been prepared for each district in consultation with
Panchayati Raj Institutions at the block level and approved by the ZillaParishad at the district
level. The projects those are taken up under PMGSY are identified from the core network in
accordance with the PMGSY guidelines prescribed by the Ministry of Rural Development
(MoRD), Government of India (GOI), and, as recommended by the ZillaParishad. The
projects are approved by the State Level Standing Committee (SLSC) and submitted to
Government of India for approval by the Empowered Committee.
Preparation of Detailed Project Report
Detail Project Reports (DPRs) are prepared by Project Implementation Units (PIU)
headed by the Executive Engineers of Rural Works Divisions at district level. The DPRs are
scrutinized by the State Technical Agencies (STAs) namely the College of Engineering and
Technology, Bhubaneswar, University College of Engineering, Burla, National Institute of
Technology, Rourkela and Indira Gandhi Institute & Technology, Saranga.

The D.P.Rs are finally scrutinized at National Rural Roads development Agency (NRRDA),
New Delhi & are considered in the Empowered Committee of MoRD,GoI for approval.
Quality Control
Strict quality control measures are taken to ensure that the roads are constructed as per
rural roads specification. To ensure this, three-tier quality control machinery is put in place.
Three Tier Quality Control
1 st Tier
Executive Engineer & Field Staff
Responsible to ensure the prescribed quality and specifications
2 nd Tier
State Quality Monitors (SQM)
(34 retired Chief Engineers/ Superintending Engineers/ Executive Engineers)
Inspect the works and check the quality of work. They submit their reports
independently to the Chief Engineer as well as to the Govt.
3 rd Tier
National Quality Monitors (NQM)
Inspect the quality of works over and above the State Quality Monitors.
Final payments are made to the contractors only after the objections pointed out by
the monitors, if any, are complied with and labeled “satisfactory”.
The roads are granted on satisfactory (S), unsatisfactory (U) or satisfactory requiring
improvement (SRI) depending upon the quality achieved.
The scheme envisages provision for defect liability and performance guarantee in
respect of such roads for a period of 5 years after construction by the agencies at their own
cost.
Online Management Monitoring and Accounting System (OMMAS)
Online Management, Monitoring and Accounting System (OMMAS) has been
developed by C-DAC, Pune and managed by the NRRDA, New Delhi for program
monitoring of PMGSY. All Divisions furnish online data in respect of transactions carried out
by them in the relevant module of OMMAS.
Maintenance Management System in PMGSY
There is a provision of 5 year maintenance of all completed PMGSY roads by the
executing agencies. The cost of 5 year maintenance is being borne by the State Govt.

For proper maintenance of PMGSY roads, an effective maintenance monitoring
mechanism has now been adopted. One post of Superintending Engineer has been sanctioned
at State level,who monitors the maintenance aspects. The field S.Es have been declared as
Circle Nodal Officers for ensuring maintenance works for PMGSY completed roads
pertaining to their respective circles.
Maintenance of PMGSY roads
Maintenance of PMGSY roads rests with State govt. after creation of assets.
PROEJCTS UNDER PMGSY PROGRAMME FOR IAP DISTRICTS.
As per present relaxed norms extended to IAP districts, connectivity to all
unconnected eligible habitations with 250 and more are to be provide with all-weather roads
under PMGSY programme. There are 18 IAP district in the State. They are
Bolangir,Deogarh,Gagapati,Ganjam,Jajpur,Kalahandi,Kandhamal,Keonjhar,Koraput,
Malkangiri,Mayrbhanj,Nabrangpur,Nayagarh,Nuapada,Raygada,Sambalpur,Sonepur,
Sundargarh. Accordingly, GoI has sanctioned 5143.55 Km. of road projects with a cost of
Rs.2001.35 Crore for providing connectivity to 1749 unconnected habitations during the year
2011-12 alone .
MISSING LINKS ON PMGSY ROADS
As per the initial guidelines of PMGSY, bridge projects on sanctioned PMGSY roads
upto15 meter span length were being funded fully by MORD, Govt. of India. This was
increased upto25 meters span length and subsequently to 50 meters span length for Non-IAP
district and 75 mtr for IAP districts.Balance required funds are being provided by the State
Govt. by availing loan assistance form NABARD (RIDF).
Till now, MORD, Govt. of India has sanctioned 134 No of Bridge projects on
PMGSY roads with total project cost of Rs.358.97crore (Rs.176.42crore MORD grants &
Rs.182.55croreNABARD loan Assistance).
ADB ASSISTED PMGSY WORKS
A portion of PMGSY is being executed in the State with ADB assistance under RRS-
II Investment programme in four batches. Batch-I, II & III works are in completion stage and
those of Batch-IV are in ongoing stage. Such ADB Assistance is a loan to Govt. of India but a
grant-in-aid to the Govt. of Odisha on behalf of GOI.
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND (RIDF)

The Government of India in the Budget of 1995-1996 announced the scheme for setting
up of Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to be made operational by the
NABARD for financing of the ongoing as well as the new infrastructure projects in rural
areas for upliftment of rural economy and eradication of poverty.Projects have been
sanctioned under RIDF in different Trenches starting from RIDF-II (1996-97) to RIDF XVII
(2011-12). RD Department has so far been able to complete 275 bridge projects & 132 road
projects under RIDF.
BIJU SETU YOJANA (RURAL BRIDGES)
Besides funding from NABARD for construction of bridges, Ministry of Rural
Development, Government of India is also providing funds for construction of bridges on
PMGSY roads, permissible under the guidelines of the scheme. Bridges are also being
constructed out of the allocated funds to R.D. Department under WODC, Biju KBK, IAP,
BRGF etc. But the existing schemes are unable to cater the requirements of the State. Hence
the Government of Odisha has embarked upon a new initiative in formulating and launching
the ambitious BijuSetuYojana (BSY) to bridge all the missing links on roads of R.D.
Department. In addition to above, the Programme will also cover construction of bridges on
strategic important PanchayatSamitee roads belonging to P.R. Department. The BSY as such
has been formulated to provide an effective all-weather road network across the length and
breadth of the state, so as to effectively meet the transportation needs of every sector, cost
effectively. 400 bridges are targeted for construction during 2011-12 and 2012-13 and 2013-
14. During 2011-12 there was an allocation of Rs.80.00 crore under State Plan for
construction of 100 bridges. These projects have been included under BijuSetuYojana.
CONSTITUENCY-WISE ALLOTMENT (CWA)
The Constituency-wise allocation was conceptualized to place Rs.20.00 lakhs at the
disposal of each constituency, so that critical road projects could be taken up in rural areas in
consultation with the local representatives (Hon’bleMLAs) to address the immediate needs of
the locality. During 2011-12, a sum of Rs.28.40 crore was provided to 142 Assembly
Constituencies.
Budget Provision - Rs. 2840.00 lakh
Amount utilized - Rs. 2743.01lakh

No of Roads completed - 751 Nos.
No of CD works completed - 192 Nos.
13TH FINANCE COMMISSION (TFC) GRANT
The Central Government supplements the State, with additional fund to maintain the
assets created under different schemes through Finance Commission Grant.
There is a provision of Rs.395.00 crore for maintenance of Rural Roads spread over a
period of 4 years from 2011-12 to 2014-15.
NATIONAL CALAMITY CONTINGENCY FUND (NCCF)
During 2011 September flood 1735 roads with 884 breaches and 830 CD works have
been repaired. Rs.90.00crorehas been received during 2011-12 out of FDR Grant for the said
repair of affected road works. An amount of Rs.72.87 crore has been spent by the end of
2011-12 for restoration of the damaged roads.
619 rural buildings were affected due to flood of September 2011 Rs.10.00 crore was
made available for restoration of affected buildings. Rs.8.05 crore was utilised by the end of
2011-12 for restoration of damaged buildings.
SPECIAL REPAIR (ROADS)
There are approximately 28,159. KMs of rural roads under Rural Development
Department. State Government provides budgetary support each year for maintenance and
upkeep of these roads and CD works. During 2011-12 there was an allocation of
Rs.383.95 crore for repair and maintenance of roads& expenditure to the tune of Rs.377.90
crore has been made.
IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING RD ROADS.
There was a provision of Rs.10 crore for improvement of 12 R.D. roadsduring 2011-
12 under State Plan.During the said period, an amount of Rs.9.62 crore has been spent for the
purpose.